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Currier and ives print of italian explorer christopher columbus 1451 1506 landing in the west indies on october 11 1492.

Christopher columbus i. Cnn in 1492 columbus sailed the ocean blue. His real name in italian was cristoforo colombo. The name christopher columbus is the anglicisation of the latin christophorus columbus his name in ligurian is cristoffa corombo in italian cristoforo colombo and in spanish cristóbal colón. Ed different version available young alexander bell filson christopher columbus and the new world of his discovery.

Although columbus remains a prominent historical figure around the world and has been researched and written about for centuries there are many details of his life that are still a mystery. Christopher columbus and the new world of his discovery. In 1492 he sailed across the atlantic ocean from spain in the santa maria with the pinta and the niña ships alongside hoping to find. Christopher columbus christopher columbus oil painting said to be the most accurate likeness of the explorer attributed to ridolfo del ghirlandaio c.

Christopher columbus 1451 1506 was a genoese trader explorer and navigator he was born in genoa italy in the year 1451 christopher columbus is the english version of columbus s name. Christopher columbus was an italian explorer and navigator. The granger collection new york. The explorer christopher columbus made four voyages across the atlantic ocean from spain.

He was born between 25 august and 31 october 1451 in the territory of the republic of genoa now part of modern italy though the exact location remains disputed. Christopher columbus italian cristoforo colombo spanish cristóbal colón born between august 26 and october 31 1451 genoa italy died may 20 1506 valladolid spain master navigator and admiral whose four transatlantic voyages 1492 93 1493 96 1498 1500 and 1502 04 opened the way for european exploration exploitation and colonization of the americas. Christopher columbus is the explorer who is credited for discovering america. Columbus day is a u s.

In 1492 columbus landed on an island of the bahamas the first european to do so his initial goal was to find a quicker route to asia from europe. Holiday that commemorates the landing of christopher columbus in the americas in 1492 and columbus day 2020 is on monday october 12. His most famous was his first voyage commanding the ships the nina the. Of course there were already people living in america at the time who we call native americans.

However it was columbus voyage that started the exploration and colonization of the americas.